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Friday, October 21, 2011

THE HISTORY OF OCTOBER 21

THE HISTORY OF OCTOBER 21

WORLD EVENTS

Today is National Apple Day, National Pumpkin Cheesecake Day and National Caramel Apple Day

1797The USS Constitution (Old Ironsides) was launched in Boston – had 44 guns and was 204 feet long

1872The first black man was accepted to the NavalAcademy – John Conyers

1979Thomas Edison perfected the light bulb – lasted 13 hours before burning out – he had tested it for 14 months

1917Jazz great Dizzie Gillespie was born

1917The first Americans saw action during WWI

1918Margaret Owen set a typing record of 170 words per minute on a manual typewriter

1927Construction began on the GeorgeWashingtonBridge in NYC

1940“For Whom the Bell Tolls” by Ernest Hemingway was first published

1945Women in France were allowed to vote for the first time

1950Chinese forces occupied Tibet

1956Actress Carrie Fisher was born – Princess Lelia in “Star Wars”

1957The film “Jailhouse Rock” with Elvis Presley opened

1960JFK and Richard Nixon held their fourth and final debate

1964The movie “My Fair Lady” had its world premiere in NYC

1967Thousands of anti-war protesters tried to storm the Pentagon

1976Congress repealed the Homestead Act of 1862 for all states except Alaska because there was no longer any public land suitable for cultivation

1987The Senate began debating the Supreme Court nomination of Robert Bork – he was rejected two days later

1988Deposed President Marcos of the Philippines and his wife were indicted in NYC on racketeering charges for buying hundreds of millions of dollars of NYC real estate with money embezzled from their country

1989Buck Helm was found alive after being buried for four days under ruble in the San Francisco earthquake

1991Jesse Turner, an American hostage in Lebanon, was released after nearly five years in captivity

1994North Korea and the US sign an agreement requiring North Korea to halt its nuclear weapons program and agree to inspections

SPORTS HISTORY ON OCTOBER 21

2007Red Sox beat Cleveland in game 7 of ALCS to advance to the World Series

2001Arizona wins NLCS to advance to the World Series – have only been in existence 4 years

1998NYY sweep San Diego to win World Series – they had 114 regular season wins

1997Florida scores 7 runs in the 9th inning to beat Cleveland 14-11 in game 3 of the World Series

1995Braves beat Cleveland 3-2 in game 1 of the World Series – Kenny Lofton steals 2 bases in one inning (ties record set in 1921) – teams combine for 5 hits (ties record for least hits in a World Series game)

1989Houston becomes the 1st major college team to gain over 1,000 yards in a game – beat Southern Methodist 95-21 – had 771 passing and 250 rushing

1984Steve Jones runs the Chicago Marathon in world record 2:08:05

1980Philadelphia wins their first World Series – have been a MLB team for 98 years

1979Sam Smith of the Chicago Bulls scores the NBA’s first 4 point play

1976The NY Knicks retire Willis Reed’s #19

1975Carlton Fisk hits a 12th inning HR to left field to tie the World Series with the Reds 3 games to 3